burkphoto wrote:
True.
What I’m really referring to, though, is that camera menus are FULL of choices that affect JPEG processing —
Picture Style
Contrast
Color Tone
Hue
Saturation
Sharpness
Dynamic Range Control
Monochrome modes
“Art” modes
Film simulations
These are rather coarse controls, but they work quite well if you test them ahead and know when to use them. Of course, exposure and white balance are critical for in-camera JPEG capture, too.
The latitude of raw files is much more forgiving, just as color negative latitude is more forgiving than slide film latitude.
All of this is to say that with proper planning, discipline, testing and experience, we can make great JPEGs with no post-processing. Many professionals do it all the time, just as we did when transparency (slide) films were the necessary choice. We know when we cannot, however, and use raw workflow (or parallel raw + JPEG workflow) then.
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